Philadelphia
/fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/
Philadelphia proper noun: the largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States.
Proper noun
Philadelphia
- The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States.
- Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed.2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press
- Synonyms:
- Philly, Killadelphia, City of Brotherly Love
- Former name of Amman: the capital of Jordan.
- Former name of Alaşehir: a city, municipality, and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi.
- A town and village in Jefferson County, New York.
- A small city in Loudon County, Tennessee.
- A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
- A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).
- A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
Philadelphia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
Philadelphia in Hindi
- largest city in Pennsylvania
- फिलाडेल्फिया philāḍelphiyā
Philadelphia in Tamil
- largest city in Pennsylvania
- பிலடெல்பியா pilaṭelpiyā
Philadelphia in Bengali
- largest city in Pennsylvania
- ফিলাডেলফিয়া philaḍelphiẏa
Philadelphia in Telugu
- largest city in Pennsylvania
- ఫిలదెల్ఫియా philadelphiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- Philadelphia in Kannada
- ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ philaḍelphiyā
- Philadelphia in Gujarati
- ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા philāḍelphiyā
- Philadelphia in Arabic
- فِيلَادِلْفْيَا f or فِلَدِلْفِيَا fīlādilfyā
- Philadelphia in Persian
- فیلادلفیا filâdelfiâ
- Philadelphia in Thai
- ฟิลาเดลเฟีย fí-laa-deen-fia
- Philadelphia in Myanmar
- ဖီလာဒဲလ်ဖီးယား hpiladailhpi:ya:
Synonyms of Philadelphia
Origin of Philadelphia
From Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”). In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt. In reference to the American city, named for the ancient towns as well as the Quaker William Penn's aim of fostering religious tolerance. Doublet of Filadelfia.
Words formed from Philadelphia
Phrases with Philadelphia
Questions about Philadelphia
- What does Philadelphia mean?
- Philadelphia means the largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States.
- What is Philadelphia in Hindi?
- Philadelphia in Hindi is फिलाडेल्फिया (philāḍelphiyā). See Philadelphia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Philadelphia?
- Philadelphia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Philadelphia?
- Philadelphia is pronounced /fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/.
Words near Philadelphia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Philadelphia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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